Mangaluru : Mayor Harinath has assured that the City Municipal Corporation would procure sand soon, to restart the development works. At the MCC general meeting on Thursday, Opposition leader Roopa Bangera said that many development works had come to a halt due to sand shortage. Harinath said that the sand collected from the allocated site […]

Mangaluru : The Malaria Control Action Committee of the Mangaluru City Corporation has decided to impose a fine of Rs. 15,000 each on owners of seven under-construction buildings for not adhering to malaria control measures, Mayor Jacinta Vijaya Alfred has said. The committee met on Friday, she told presspersons on Saturday. The building sites are […]

Mangaluru : The City Corporation has proposed to introduce mandatory licensing system for keeping domestic dogs. But the elected council has applied a break to it for the time being on the grounds that it should be discussed thoroughly. According to the corporation, the licensing system has been proposed to reduce the menace of stray […]

Mysuru : The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is mulling over installing ready-made toilet units, to address the demand for 625 individual toilets in the city. It will not just bring down the construction cost compared to normal toilets, but also the time spent on building the facility. MCC Commissioner Dr C G Betsurmath told media, […]

Mangaluru : The proposal to construct a bus stand for private buses at Pumpwell has taken a leap forward with a semi-government body completing the feasibility study of the project for the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC). H.N. Gopalakrishna, Commissioner, MCC told The Hindu that Infrastructure Development Corporation (Karnataka) Ltd. (iDeCK), which undertook the study, would […]

Mangaluru : South MLA J R Lobo said the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) will write to the government on restructuring of allocation of funds for underground drainage works under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (Amrut) scheme. Briefing media persons here on Monday, he said the city corporation has prepared a Rs 160-crore action […]

Mangaluru : The opposition BJP in the Mangaluru City Corporation council on Friday objected to the corporation not reserving any funds, under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, to lay underground sewage network in the city during the current financial year. The scheme is aimed at providing basic amenities such as […]

Mangaluru : A fortnight after launching a drive to collect water bill dues from bulk consumers, Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has collected Rs. 1.32 crore from major defaulters. According to Raju Mogaveera, Deputy Commissioner (Revenue), MCC, Rs. 77 lakh was collected through cheques and Rs. 55 lakh in cash. Among those who paid the dues […]

Mangaluru : The Communist Party of India (Marxist) activists on Saturday carried out protests against the action of Mangaluru City Corporation in inaugurating the Town Hall and fish markets in Bejai and Jeppu but not allowing it for public use. The activists said that Town Hall was closed for renovation in September 2014. After frequent […]

Mangaluru : Taking exception to the abnormal delay in completing NH 66 (Yedapally-Panvel) near Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha Member Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday directed NHAI not to go by flyover designs provided by Mangaluru City Corporation for Pumpwell Circle in the city. “The delay in constructing the flyover has hampered the project. What […]